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Full Moon
after Rilke Put out my eyes, I can see your face. Close me ears, I can hear your voice. Take my feet, I will not forget the way. Take...
Eclipse
You have taken away my names. Last night the loon was crying for you, one call after another, a ripple of clearest water virgin and pure, cut off from...
After a Dream of Clare and Francis of Assisi
Alone at the edge of the sea he sets the stone in place. Always the last stone the stone that has fallen the broken stone for which there is...